COVID-19 deaths in Africa surge more than 40% over previous week
Norwegian Government Extends Financial Support Worth Over 8 billion Uganda Shillings to the World Health Organization to Improve COVID-19 vaccine roll out in Uganda.
Kampala 15th July 2021: - The Norwegian Government has partnered with the World Health Organization (WHO) in a 12-months project worth over 8 billion Uganda Shillings to improve COVID-19 vaccine coverage and uptake in Uganda. The project intends to support the vaccination of at least 60% (2,879,100/ 4,798,500) of high-risk populations eligible for vaccination. In addition, upon acquisition of adequate quantities of the vaccine, health workers, teachers, security officials, and those with comorbidities will be vaccinated with two doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
Au Tchad, l’OMS invite les prestataires à travailler davantage sur le diagnostic précoce du VIH chez les nourrissons et l’accès à la charge virale des Personnes vivant avec le VIH sous traitement.
Le Représentant de l’OMS au Tchad invite les prestataires à travailler davantage sur le diagnostic précoce du VIH chez les nourrissons et l’accès à la charge virale des Personnes vivant avec le VIH sous traitement antirétroviral afin d’accélérer la marche vers la fin du VIH/sida d’ici 2030.
World Bank support strengthens clinical management of COVID-19 in Ghana
Ghana’s First Lady Advocates for Good Nutrition
She made this call at the opening session of the Nutrition Advocacy and Community Mobilization Initiative, a forum to engage esteemed traditional and religious leaders to promote nutrition interventions for women and children in Ghana.
Community informants’ network consolidating AFP surveillance to sustain polio eradication gains in Nigeria
Abuja, 12 July 2021 - As a health worker and a patent medicine vendor living in Gubio 1 ward, Borno State, Dauda Ahmed encourages members of his community to notify him or the nearest health facility of any child under 15 years with weakness or paralysis of any of the limbs.
WHO renews North-East Nigeria’s Health Emergency grading at highest level, targets >8 million vulnerable populations for increased health services
Abuja, 9 July, 2021 - The humanitarian crisis in Nigeria’s North-eastern BAY (Borno, Adamawa and Yobe) remains protracted, with an estimated eight million people at risk of displacement, impoverishment and threats of violence. As a result, WHO has resolved to maintain the current status of grade 3 health emergency declared in the region since 2016.
Africa’s COVID-19 surge tops second wave peak as vaccine deliveries pick up
WHO Donates COVID – 19 supplies to strengthen the health system’s response to the pandemic
The WHO Country Representative, Dr. Nathan Bakyaita and the African Development Bank Manager, Mary Monyau on 1 July 2021 handed over a donation of COVID -19 supplies worth one million United States dollars to support the health system’s response to the pandemic. The donation which included personal protective equipment, ventilators, laboratory reagents and test kits has been made possible through support provided to the WHO Country Office by the African Development Bank working in collaboration with the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
WHO Rwanda drivers - A look and feel from the field amid the COVID-19 wave
Kigali, 30 June 2021 - Since mid-June, Rwanda has been experiencing a spike in the number of new COVID-19 confirmed cases each day. To support the country in facing the new wave, UN Agencies under the One UN Rwanda commonly agreed to commit further human and financial resources to the country’s COVID-19 response.